The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ingand deeply earnest, his energy seemspractically inexhaustible and he con-veys something of his indomitablespirit to his associates. His execu-tive ability is second to none; he isrecognized as a man of great worth,charming manner and tireless energy,and his townsmen hold him in high-est appreciation and regard. He is adirector of the Newmarket NationalBank, and a member of Rising StarLodge, No. 47, A. F. and A. M., Bel-knap Chapter, Orphans Council andSt. Pauls Commandery KnightsTemplar, and
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ingand deeply earnest, his energy seemspractically inexhaustible and he con-veys something of his indomitablespirit to his associates. His execu-tive ability is second to none; he isrecognized as a man of great worth,charming manner and tireless energy,and his townsmen hold him in high-est appreciation and regard. He is adirector of the Newmarket NationalBank, and a member of Rising StarLodge, No. 47, A. F. and A. M., Bel-knap Chapter, Orphans Council andSt. Pauls Commandery KnightsTemplar, and Bektash Temple, N. ] In December, 1895, he was mar-ried to Laura J., daughter of Plum-mer and Sarah J. (Dodge) Ladd, andthey are blessed with six children. FRANKLIN P. WHEELER Those of our readers who have fol-lowed these pages have not failed tobe impresed with the remarkablyfaithful and artistic portraiturewhich illustrates the same. Few townsof the size of Newmarket can boastthe possession of an artist who cancompete in excellence of work pro-duced with Newmarkets photo-grapher, Frank P. Wheeler Franklin Pierce, son of LorenzoDow and Sarah S. Wheeler, is a na-tive of Hooksett, where he attendedthe village school. When he wastwelve years of age his parents movedto Methuen, Mass., and the Fourth ofJuly following, their buildings, withall that they contained, were de-stroyed by fire. As there was a largefamily, the boy, Frank, went to At-kinson to reside with his grandpar-ents and here he attended the Atkin-son Academy and assisted with thelabors of the farm, until his twenty-second birthday. There was within him, however, anambition for something else. The 120 NewmarTcet on the Lamx>rey heavy labor of the farm did not sat-isfy his artistic aspiration, and so heleft what for more than ten years hadbeen to him a home, and, at Haverhill,Mass., began what has been his lifesstudy—for he is not content to restupon work accomplished, but dailyseeks to win new victo
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